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ArticleACS nano2015

Iron oxide decorated MoS2 nanosheets with double PEGylation for chelator-free radiolabeling and multimodal imaging guided photothermal therapy.

Teng Liu, Sixiang Shi, Chao Liang, Sida Shen, Liang Cheng, Chao Wang, Xuejiao Song, Shreya Goel, Todd E Barnhart, Weibo Cai and 1 more

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Article in ACS nano, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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97 citing papers in PubMed, 514 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Teng LiuInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, the Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
Sixiang Shi
Chao Liang
Sida Shen
Liang Cheng
Chao Wang
Xuejiao Song
Shreya Goel
Todd E Barnhart
Weibo Cai
Zhuang Liu
Soochow University · CNUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USUniversity of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI AMY TRENTHAM-DIETZ · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
Novel Combination Therapy for Prostate CancerR01CA169365 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAI, WEIBO · 2013 to 2015
$903k
NCI NIH HHS NIBIB/NCI 1R01CA169365NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NCI NIH HHS P30CA014520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169365
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Theranostics for in vivo cancer diagnosis and treatment generally requires well-designed nanoscale platforms with multiple integrated functionalities. In this study, we uncover that functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) could be self-assembled on the surface of two-dimensional MoS2 nanosheets via sulfur chemistry, forming MoS2-IO nanocomposites, which are then modified with two types of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to acquire enhanced stability in physiological environments. Interestingly, (64)Cu, a commonly used positron-emitting radioisotope, could be firmly adsorbed on the surface of MoS2 without the need of chelating molecules, to enable in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. On the other hand, the strong near-infrared (NIR) and superparamagnetism of MoS2-IO-PEG could also be utilized for photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, respectively. Under the guidance by such triple-modal imaging, which uncovers efficient tumor retention of MoS2-IO-(d)PEG upon intravenous injection, in vivo photothermal therapy is finally conducted, achieving effective tumor ablation in an animal tumor model. Our study highlights the promise of constructing multifunctional theranostic nanocomposites based on 2D transitional metal dichalcogenides for multimodal imaging-guided cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Multimodal ImagingPhototherapyAnimalsCell Line, TumorChalcogensCopper RadioisotopesDisulfidesFemaleFerric CompoundsIsotope LabelingMagnetic Resonance ImagingMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMiceModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationMolybdenumChalcogensCopper RadioisotopesDisulfidesFerric Compoundsferric oxideMolybdenummolybdenum disulfidePolyethylene Glycolschelate-free 64Cu labelingiron oxide nanoparticlesMoS2 nanosheetsmultimodal imagingphotothermal therapy

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PMID25562533
PMCPMC4351725
OpenAlexW1991908666

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